Guatemala Defeats El Salvador in Straight Sets
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. June 24, 2024. - Guatemala defeated El Salvador
3-0 (25-20, 25-19, and 25-23) in the final match of the second day of
the VI Central American Women’s U23 Championship, at the Jorge Galeano
Gymnasium in Tegucigalpa.
The Salvadoran team maintained strong defensive play, forcing the
Guatemalans to give their maximum effort to secure the victory.
Guatemala outperformed El Salvador in attacks, with a 32-24 advantage,
and in serves, leading 6-1. However, El Salvador excelled in blocking,
leading 5-2.
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Daniela Alexandra López from El Salvador was the top scorer of the match
with 12 points, including 2 blocks and 1 service ace. For Guatemala,
Naomi Monney and Andrea Mendizábal both reached double digits, each
scoring 10 points.
William Fernández, the coach of Guatemala, said “Today, we weren’t
perfectly in sync, but we gave the new players an opportunity, and I
believe all of them managed to score at least one point, which was our
goal for this game. Tomorrow, we rest, then we face Panama, and we
finish with tough matches against Honduras, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua”.
Noe Fabian, the coach of El Salvador, expressed “Congratulations to
Guatemala, they are a very strong opponent and made it a great match for
us. We started a bit nervous, but we improved our reception and by the
end, we were playing much better. There is still some inexperience among
our players, as this is their first tournament, but we hope to continue
improving throughout the rest of the tournament”.
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